Gymnastics Association Asciburgia Würzburg

The Gymnastics Association Asciburgia zu Würzburg in the CC is an academic gymnastics association ( student union ) in the Coburg Convent (CC). It is obligatory and colored and was founded on August 18, 1851 in Würzburg . The Asciburgia gymnastics union is the oldest non-merged gymnastics union in Germany .

history

Students from Aschaffenburg had come together early on in Würzburg to form a relaxed community from which a regulars' table emerged. There are many indications that most members from former members of the secret student connection recruited Concordia at the Royal High School in Aschaffenburg. When four former Concordes who belonged to the Würzburger Runde were staying in Aschaffenburg for the end of school on August 18, 1851, they founded the “Society of Aschaffenburg” with six high school graduates who wanted to study in Würzburg. Soon afterwards the colors of the hometown were introduced as a federal symbol and the connection name Asciburgia (Latinized form of Aschaffenburg) was adopted. Until 1868, the people from Aschaffenburg only complemented each other.

The first of several spin-offs took place in 1867. Four Asciburgen left their federation and founded the “Academic Association” (today Adelphia fraternity ) with Würzburg high school graduates.

Three years later another parliamentary group split off, this time mainly from North Germans, who formed a “contemporary student society”. Initially registered under this name at the university as a corporation , the name was soon changed to “Saxonia”, but in 1904 it was suspended again. The old boys' stem joined in 1921 with a part of the adjourned Landsmannschaft Makaria Saxo-Makaria together, one of the two parent societies today Alemannia Makaria.

As a sign of progressive development, Asciburgia made the attendance of fencing courses compulsory for all active people, acquired Wichs and in 1885 acquired couleur and own weapons.

On Nov. 1, 1887 (the former Academic pharmacists association and the current was with the free fraternity Teutonia Landsmannschaft Teutonia Würzburg) a Paukverhältnis completed. In 1891, Asciburgia tried to join the Coburg Landsmannschafter-Convent (CLC). Since shortly before the relationship with Teutonia had disintegrated, but the Teutons had first applied for admission to the CLC, Asciburgia's accession did not materialize.

The result was a total about-face in Aktivitas . They turned into gymnastics, a process that was whipped through in a very short time and that almost broke the covenant. Only 36 old men remained loyal to the new gymnastics club. On January 15, 1895, he was accepted into the Representative Convent (VC).

After a long suspension, Asciburgia quickly recovered. In 1914, 61 federal brothers took to the field. Some of them never returned. The case of Valentin Öhrlein, which fell in Flanders in November 1914 and could only be identified months later by the boy’s ribbon with an embroidered circle on his skin, received a lot of attention .

Despite the most difficult economic conditions, the period after 1918 brought a considerable upswing again. On March 30, 1925, it was possible for the first time to have its own fraternity house in Kirchbühlstr. 18 can be obtained. The prosperous development ended in 1934. While the corporations were able to hold their own against the NSDStB until 1933 , the situation has now deteriorated. The offspring stayed away, so that the gymnastics team had to raise the flag again on February 28, 1935 .

The recommendation to active and old men to join the Cimbria fraternity was followed by a large part of the federal brothers, whereby Asciburgia initially as a two-band group within the Cimbria, later with their old men’s association (AHV) in the comradeships " Ulrich von Hutten " (1939 bis November 30, 1942) and " Manfred von Richthofen " (December 1, 1942 to 1945) participated in contemporary corporate life.

After the end of the war, Asciburgia initially continued to live in the Cimbria, which was reactivated in 1949. It was not until 1953 that some of the federal brothers laid down the Cimbrian ribbon and decided to bring the old gymnastics back to life. This finally happened in 1957 with only a little more than 40 old men. Since then, Asciburgia has developed quite dynamically, so that in 1964 it was able to acquire its own house at Veitshöchheimer Str. 30 for the second time. A few years later, Asciburgia had to move again because an ICE line was laid through the property. That is why the Asciburgen moved into the current building in 1984 at Salvatorstrasse 16.

Principles

The Asciburgia gymnastics association represents four principles: honor , freedom , friendship , and fatherland

Motto

The motto of the Asciburgia gymnastics club is: "Honori et amicitiae" (honor and friendship)

coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of four parts:

Top right: The colors of the federal government: green - white - red
Top left: The circle on a green background
Bottom right: The color plates of Aschaffenburg, Franconia and Würzburg ( Herbipolis ), as well as the letters A, F, H.
Bottom left: Two crossed rackets in a laurel wreath and the date of foundation 18th VIII.1851 on a red background

Colours

The colors of the Asciburgia gymnastics club are the colors of the city flag of Aschaffenburg. Only the order of the colors was changed from "green - red - white" to "green - white - red" in the course of history.

Boy band : green - white - red with silver percussion
Fuxen band : green - red with silver percussion

Circle

The circle is composed of several letters:
v (ivat - long life), c (rescat - it grows), f (loreat - it flourishes) and the initial A (sciburgia - name of the corporation).

Known members

Albrecht Erlenmeyer (1849–1926), psychiatrist
Hartwig Henze (* 1938), judge at the Federal Court of Justice (BGH)
Otto Quante (1875–1947), painter

literature

VC association of gymnastics associations at German universities. Charlottenburg 1926, pp. 175-176.
Rolf-Joachim Baum et al. (Ed.): Student Union and Corporations at the University of Würzburg 1582–1982. , Würzburg 1982, pp. 221-223.

Individual evidence

^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 115.

Web links

Homepage of the gymnastics club Asciburgia zu Würzburg in the CC

[1] EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 115.